Colorado Wind Atlas Index Map

41° N

-110° W

-109° W

-108° W

-107° W

WYOMIN G

UT 1-1

-106° W

-105° W

-104° W

-103° W

-102° W

50m WIND

NEBRAS KA

2-1

3-1

40° N

INDEX GRID

4-1

25

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41° N

"

76

§ ¦ ¨ Denver

1-2

39° N

2-2

C O L O R A D O

70

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COLORADO WIND ATLAS

3-2

40° N

4-2

70

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Grid

Interstates

U.S. Highways

State Highways 39° N

1-3

38° N

2-3

3-3

KS

4-3

25

§ ¦ ¨ 1-4

AZ

NEW

-109° W

0 15 30

2-4

-108° W

60

90

3-4

-106° W

BLM or BOR

Local Gov

37° N

-105° W

-104° W

-103° W

-102° W

Wind Power Wind as Class Resource 1 - Poor

km

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Private

State

120 150

Copyright © 2009 GeoLab LLC. Colorado Wind Atlas, Series 1. Cartography by Mark Rodrigo. www.thegeolab.com. Projection: USA Contiguous Lambert Conformal Conic. Wind Data: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, 2003). Transportation Data: Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT, 2008). Transmission Data: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA, 1993). Land Ownership Data: Bureau of Land Management (BLM, 2007).

Cities

Federal

4-4

MEXICO -107° W

Counties

Land Ownership 38° N

37° N

U.S. States

Power Transmission Lines 115 - 161 kV 162 - 230 kV 231 - 500 kV

2 - Marginal 3 - Fair

4 - Good

5 - Excellent

Wind Power Density Wind Speed* 2 at 50m W/m at 50m m/s 0 - 200 0.0 - 5.9 200 - 300

5.9 - 6.7

400 - 500

7.4 - 7.9

300 - 400 500 - 600

6 - Outstanding 600 - 800 7 - Superb

OK

> 800

6.7 - 7.4 7.9 - 8.4 8.4 - 9.3 > 9.3

*Wind Speeds are based on Weibull k of 2.0 at 1500m elevation. Chart derived from NREL 50m Wind Series.

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